All the headlines from our Diversity Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 19 2020 // When Jerald Tillman and Mike James started their careers more than 20 years ago, working in the U.S. insurance industry was not on their radar, but programs to attract Blacks and other minorities brought them into the...
Nov 18 2020 // The U.S. insurance industry has achieved only modest gains in increasing diversity over the last 10 years, according to government data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence.S&P found that the percentage of...
Oct 16 2020 // More data disclosure will help investors, employees and customers judge the pledges many American companies have made to diversify their workforces and boardrooms, activists and analysts said on Tuesday.Companies should...
Oct 8 2020 // Microsoft says the U.S. Labor Department is scrutinizing its efforts to boost Black employment and leadership at the tech company.Microsoft disclosed in a blog post Tuesday that it received a letter from the agency last...
Sep 28 2020 // American International Group Inc. has lost four senior Black managers in recent weeks, including two who were tasked with improving the diversity of the insurer’s ranks.Global inclusion head Vievette Henry and Walter...
Sep 24 2020 // Beecher Carlson Insurance Services, LLC, a specialized large account insurance broker, has promoted Raven James to director of Diversity & Inclusion.In this newly created role, James will lead the Diversity &...
Jul 20 2020 // Manulife Financial Corp said on Friday it was making a push to increase the representation of minorities across its North American businesses, joining a host of companies that have pledged to improve racial diversity at...
Jul 9 2020 // AXA Investment Managers will set a 33% target for gender diversity on listed company boards in developed markets and may vote against companies which fail to meet this mark.The asset management unit of French insurer AXA...
Jul 6 2020 // American companies are coming under increasing pressure from investors to publicly disclose information about diversity among employees in the wake of nationwide protests against racial discrimination.Many executives have...
Jul 1 2020 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Wednesday announced the launched an “Invest in Our Diverse Communities” initiative to identify diverse woman-, veteran-, LGBTQ, Latinx, Asian Pacific Islander,...
Jun 17 2020 // A former Morgan Stanley diversity officer sued the bank on Tuesday, alleging racial discrimination, retaliation and violation of equal pay laws, according to a court filing.The plaintiff, Marilyn Booker, was a managing...
May 13 2020 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Wednesday announced the newest members of the Insurance Diversity Task Force, which makes recommendations to the commissioner on ways to increase diversity within the...
Feb 6 2020 // Crawford & Company, a global provider of claims management and outsourcing options to insurance brokers, carriers and corporates, has established an Office of Diversity that will be tasked with designing and...
Feb 3 2020 // Washington, D.C. February 3, 2020 – The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) is pleased to announce a partnership with the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) and the Life Insurance Council of...
Jan 21 2020 // A minority-led insurance and reinsurance broker has launched with ambitious goals of achieving $100 million in revenue within five years and having the most diverse workforce in the industry.Protecdiv, based in...
Oct 31 2019 // Kapnick Insurance Group has added Erica White in its Troy, Michigan, office as a client executive.White joins Kapnick with a variety of professional strengths ranging from healthcare industry, the automotive industry, city...
Oct 18 2019 // Munich Reinsurance America has appointed Juan Herrera as its first full-time head of Diversity and Inclusion. Herrera will oversee all diversity and inclusion efforts across the North American region including Munich...
Sep 9 2019 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday announced the newest members of the 2019 – 2020 Insurance Diversity Task Force, which makes recommendations to the commissioner on ways to increase diversity...
Aug 19 2019 // For the past several years, diversity and inclusion (D&I) has been a prominent topic of discussion within the insurance industry. However, while most companies understand that diversity is good for business, many have...
Jun 3 2019 // Progress requires change, though it is not always easy. The insurance industry, notoriously known to be slow to adopt change, is in the midst of a significant transformation. Some may even call it a rebranding. Insurers...